The decision, to the cheque ($10.5 M Canadian!) being cleared took a couple of days. Name ANYTHING else in government that moves that quickly.

But it’s worse than just compensating some generic terrorist.

(Did we mention that his daddy was the money guy for someone named Osama Bin Laden in this article written back in 2001? Hmmm. Financier… OBL… 2001… why is that ringing a bell? Did something significant happen that year?)

A Canadian citizen who was once personally helped by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has been named among nine of the most wanted terrorists in Afghanistan.

Ahmed Said Khadr has caused embarrassment for Ottawa since his name turned up among 39 people the United States branded as terrorists two months ago.

Now, the former charity organizer is included among a handful of top al-Qaeda masterminds on a list of wanted men circulated among militia groups in Afghanistan, The Washington Post reported yesterday. —Globe and Mail

Canadians, predictably, are disgusted by this.

According to an Angus Reid Institute poll released Tuesday, 71 per cent of Canadians say the Liberal government should have fought a legal case with Khadr rather than settling out of court. They added it should have been left to the courts to decide if Khadr — a Canadian citizen who spent 10 years in Guantanamo Bay — was wrongfully imprisoned.

Only 29 per cent of Canadians thought the Liberals did “the right thing” by offering an apology and compensation to Khadr. — Read More

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